Welcome to the SASY Neighborhood

The Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara neighborhood (most people just say SASY) is located on the near-east side of Madison, Wisconsin. It stretches from the Yahara River on the west to the Starkweather Creek on the east, from East Washington Avenue on the north to Lake Monona on the south.

The SASY neighborhood council was formed in 1999, and then incorporated in 2017 as the SASY Neighborhood Association. SASY Inc. works with our Alder on the Madison Common Council (we’re in District 6) to represent the interests of neighborhood residents, businesses and organizations.  

What we do:

• We encourage and facilitate participation by our constituency in local government.
• We convene SASY residents and businesses at regular monthly meetings (2nd Thursday of each month, 6:30pm at Goodman Community Center), and occasional issue-based neighborhood meetings.
• We solicit the perspectives of SASY residents and businesses on issues that affect the neighborhood, and convey those perspectives to decision-makers and policy-makers.
• We maintain communication with, and between, SASY residents and businesses, city agencies, and our representatives in local, county, and state government.
• We produce AtwoodFest to raise funding for the organization and our programs.
• We grant money to neighborhood groups and organizations for projects that improve the quality of life on the east side of Madison.  
• We host the Summer and Winter Solstice celebrations at Olbrich Park.
• We identify issues that may negatively affect our shared environment, and seek solutions for those problems.